Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-14
TO ENCOURAGE MANUFACTURING.

The Chamber of Commerce Committee
 A Manufacturer From Scotland to
 Visit This City-Thinks of Locating
 Mill Which Will Employ seven Hun.
 dred Hands.
 A committee has been appointed by J. U. Dewell president of Chamber of Commerce,to see what can be accomplished toward assisting and advancing the business interests of the city. The committee is composed of mem bers of the Chamber of Commerce, who are Hon. H. G. Lewis, o. s. Mersick, Max Ad- Ter, Colonel N. G. Osborn, Major T. A. Barnes, E. S. Wheeler, s. H. Wagner, h. O. White, John T. Sloan, c. W. Scranton, Fred B. Farnsworth, Hon. N. D. Sperry, A. H. Kellam, General George H. Ford, E. s. Kimberly, M. F. Tyler, General s. E. Mer- win, R. R. Hopkins, jr., Captain O. H. Flown shend, E. G. Stoddard, Frank H. Sperry and Joseph Sheldon.
 In times past there have been committees of this kind, who were supposed to help along the business interests of the city, but they did practically nothing. It is the inten- tion of this committee to go ahead Ii 1t IS poeslbleh with some push and enterprise ana try to get strangers to come to this city with their enterprises.
 
 John T. Sloan's office and will then perfect their organization. No plan of action has yet been laid out, as President Dewell has left that entirely for the committee to do when it meets. The committee will be di- vided into subcommittee. It will be the duty of one of these committees probably to see about raising money to help incoming enterprises, of another to try and induce strangers to come to this city, another on location of the enterprises, and so on.
 A travelling agent of a thread manufactur- ing establishment employing seven hundred hands, located at Paisley, Ireland, was in the city short time ago and incidentally remarked that that firm intended to re- move to this side of the water before long, and that the senior member of the firm would be in New Haven probably next month to ascertain what inducements, if any, would be offered them to locate here.
 President Dewell said last night there were several other firms who might want to come here, but he would not name them as he said that Bridgeport would at once offer them all kinds of inducements to get them to locate in that city, as has fre- quently been the case in the past.
 President Dewel went on to say that they were going to try to get the smaller enter prises here, for when once located in this city there would be every prospect of their growing in time into larger ones. They were going to try and help the young men who might be of an ingenious turn ot mlno ana have an invention which would be an i'm provement over another of the same kind, who might not have money to start in for themselves. They wanted to do all they could to encourage the young men who were possessed of push and enterprise, and who do not always want to remain journeymen.
 He was in hopes that some fabric manu- lecturers could be induced to locate here, as that would give work to the women. All the places nesrly which are located here now em- ploy men, and where such large number of men are employed there are many women who would also like to obtain employment. There are few large establishments where women are employed, to be sure. But there is great amount of surplus female help which could be utilized if a few fabric man. ufacturers would come and settle here. There would then be more money spent and things would be great deal brighter.
 MT. Dewell said that the committee was going to do all it possibly could to help the business interests of the city, but what success they would meet with he could not tell